Container and handle means



July 1, 1930. w. H. DUGGAN CONTAINER AND HANDLE MEANS Filed Aug. 22. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l f July 1, 1930. w, H, DUGGAN 1,769,179

CONTAINER AND HANDLE MEANS Filed Aug'. 22, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 1, 1930 iran s'rras WILLIAM-H.` DUGGAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BYSMESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

OF FOUR-TENTHS TO BENJAMIN CLARKE, ONE-TENTH TO C.,W. CLARKE, AND ONE- l TENTH TO FRANK M. CLARKE, ALL OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS CONTAINER Ann Application filed August 2v2,

`The invention also provides for holding the handle against accidental contact with any of the conductors of the battery and a metallic handle that may be readily yand cheaply applied and which is securely attached and held in place withv relation to the container.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective viewof a container and handle means embodying the present invention; y

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of another embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 3v is a fragmentary vertical detail section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of another embodiment ofthe invention;

Fig. 5 is a lperspective view of a further embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of a further embodiment of the invention; and

Fig. '7 is a fragmentary side elevational view of another embodiment.

' Referring to the embodiment of Fig. 1, the container is designated generally at 5. Where the container is used for storage batteries, it may be of hard rubber, composition, or other A suitable material. The particular material of the container may be varied widely within the scope of the present invention. The outer HANDLE MEANS 1927. Serial No. 214,557.

surfaces of the sides 6 of the container 5 are providedk with integral projections 8, one adjacent the ltop of each end of each side wall 6. The upper edges of the kprojections 8 are preferably rounded or tapered at 9 to facilitate springing the handle retention means thereover. The under surfaces of the projectionsS aredisposed substantially normal to the sides of the container and provide downwardly facing shoulders for engaging the handle retention means and preventing upward movement of the handle means with respect to the container when the handles are applied in operative position upon the container. The downwardly facing shoulders provided by the projections 8 are designated lat 10.

The handle means comprises a pair of sepv arate handles 12, each of which is formed of springmetal or other suitable resilient material, and which may be in the form of lrods of circular cross section, as shown, or otherwise as desired. p n

Each handle 12 is provided between its ends with an upwardly directed handle loopV or offset bight 14 which serves vthe dual function of providing conveniently accessible handles and freeing the opposite ends of the handles forv spreading into place upon the container. The side portions 15 of the bights 14 are preferably spread upwardly or of gen` erally dovetail formation, as shown, so that the handles will be tensioned and the opposite ends contracted upon the sides of the container by any downward force or stress on the bights as well as by any upward force or stress thereon. The possibility of loosening of the handles by a downward pull on the bights 14 as by the engagement of suitable hold-down means `therewith is thereby avoided.

The connecting portions 18 of the handles extend along the top or upper edges of the end walls 19 and the opposite ends are turned or extend downwardly at 2O and are hooked CII horizontally at 2l beneath the downwardly facing shoulders of the projections 8 and up vertically at 22 into cooperation with the opposite sides of the projections 8. The hooked ends of the handles constitute the retention or attachment means, the portions and 22 by their cooperation with the opposite sides of the projections 8 locking the handle in an upright position and against accidental displacementinto contact with any Aof .the conducting `parts of the battery. llhehorizontal portions 2O engage beneath the shoulders 10 and the projections, therefore, carry 'the load ofthe container when iti-s liftedby nieans of thehand-le loops.

vWhen the handle is applied,`the=-portions 18 engage or cooperate with the upper edges of the end walls 19, whichflin'rit downward displacement of the handle, and where hold-g downs are engaged with 'the`bi`ghts 14: for holding :the container down ythrough the `handle means, `the cooperation of the" handle portions :18 withthe top .of the container isV .adapted for f sustaining Ithe hold-down stresses. Y

In applyingy thenhandles thefhooked ends are spread over-the `upwardly inclined sun faces '-9 ofy thefproj ections :8 and `forced down to engage -the 4portions .L18 :with *the top i' of 1 the Icontainertwa'nd Usnap the hooked `ends around the proj eetionsv 8, f as shown.

-It willcbe notedethat the hold-,down sur- .ifaces-alongthe top edgezare above the sur- .faces at f the f underl sides of--the projections f =8`vandrthatlthe entire 4handle is'within Lthe planes of the'ends Lof? the container.

As already pointed out, the handleiis Aformed' of resilientmaterialandfthe handle Y :loopfforms a spring portion whichpermits the hooked ends to bespread over the projeetifons M8, 'the yyielding .ofi the loop :permit- V-tingthe spreading ofnthendsoverthe container.

Int-the :embodiment of Fig. .2 the Ldownwardly: facing-shoulders Von the side walls i352 .are formed. Joy, ribs. 3d which: extend from .endto\ end along the npperi margins of Athe side walls 32 of the-f container. In this case ,thefend walls .ofthe "container are provided with upwardly yfacing :shoulders I"or abutments 135 which simay fexteiid ghorizontally across the end walls 'ffrom sidel to 'side and "are lspaced from the top" of the container a "distance -fsuiiciently greater 'than the dis- ,tance between 1the 'shoulders 30 andi the tOP 'of the container sothatfthe connecting portions 36 between the handley loops 37 and Athehookeid ends'38 may engage orcooperate .with :the upwardlyM facing, end .shoulders vr35 with thehooked ends 38 turned in alongthe ff side malls of ,the i container ,andfunderlying ethefishoulders 30. @helende/39 ofthe hooked l-portions.f38-areaturned-,up:gandeengageffwhen tthehandle iis ,inlFoperativ-e; position upon; the

container, in vertical notches in the ribs 3a and opening upwardly from the shoulders 30.

1n this case the upper portions of the ribs 3% may be tapered at il similar to the tapering of the upper ends of the projections 8 of the previous embodiment to permit springing or spreading the hooked ends down over the ribs 34 to underlie the shoulders 30 and Eengageinthenotches 40with the connecting portions 36 cooperating with the upwardly facing shoulders 35. The formation of the loop or bight 37 may be similar to the for- Vymation ofV the" loop or bight in therprevious embodiment. y Y

` Theembodiment shown in Fi-g-4is-similar to the embodiment of Figs. 2 and 3, except thattheshoulders 30', instead of extending alongJ the.. side wallsfrom end to end, termi nate at 'Ll-'2 andthe upturned ends 89 of the "hooked: ends- 38 aretumed up finto cooperation with the verticalshoulders 42 which, fas ifnthe case ofthe engagement in the =notches 140 of zt-he 1previous embodiment, holds the,v handle in proper-vertical position Land againstaccidental displacement `into en- .'g'agement with lthe conducting portions of the battery.

.ln the embodimentl fof Fig.I 5 therconnect- .ing,rportions=50 againflie upon the1upper f edgeslof'the end vwalls L52. .The ends 'are .turned down Aat 535 upon `the sides. 54 of ythe container which may be grooved at 55`2fto -receive the turned down vertical portions 53, the f1 lower K 'ends i of Ywhich terminate v fin horizontally extending fends 56 which` engage, in .horizontal sockets or i. grooves l58 1 in the side Walls 54.V The handle@ has a loop 160, ,as .before,.1.and gis formedy of Fresilient material, which, with the loop, afford'suiiicient -springiness f Ito permit :spreading .of the engaging portionsi'5ov into position ftoy seat in thejgrooves,orsockets-58. fThe sockets 58 which, ,in lthis case, terminate gshort ofthe ends of the container lock the handle-.to the container,bothiastolifting stresses and as to any downward stresses @when the ihandle .isausedaas; al Ahold-down,aand theyaalsopmaintain the handle in Aan' upright position. .The termination -4 ofv the, .grooves i 58 short vof i the ends of the container prevents accidental -.endwise displacement-sof the handles.

The end portions theI side walls 54 yof nthecontainer;maybetapered-at G2 to thicken the isameso that-.there will-besuiiicient mate rial for the grooves 58, and these thickened f endgportions. may. be :tapered or inclined upwardly as at 9 infzFgifgLto facilitatex spreading lofi Athewsoclret :engaging porti-ons 56 L into :place :inthe I embodiment: ofrFig. 7,.the igrooves ,58Q4openfatf' 65. from: the :end ofthe :container C and, .iin order ft-o :prevent accidental endwise ndi'splzacement Leef the ehandle. 54 fthe 1 'grooves l158 nare 'given anl .undulating :i'form i and rthe groove engaging portions 56 are correspondingly crimped or waved, as shown. In this case the handle loop or bight 60 and connecting portions 50 are disposed beyond or along the vertical surface of the end wall instead of upon the top of the same, as before.

The embodiment of Fig. 6 is along the line of the embodiment of Fig. 7 with the exception that the end walls are provided with upwardly facing shoulders 66, and instead of grooves in the side walls, these walls are provided with downwardly facing shoulders 67 turned up at 68 with the inturned ends 69 of the handle turned up at 70 into cooperation therewith and the upwardly facing shoulders or bottom portions of the grooves omitted and replaced by the end shoulders 66. In this form the handles are sprung into place upon the container as in the other forms.

I claim l. In combination, a battery container having end and opposite side walls, a pair of 'shoulders one on each said side walls adjacent the upper margins thereof and in subdirectly upon the upper edge of the end wall of the container.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 17th day of August, 1927.

WILLIAM I-I. DUGGAN.

stantial alignment with the opposite ends of an end wall of the container, a spring handle extending completely across the width of the container and seated upon the upper edge of the end wall of the container andv turned down from the top of the container and upon the opposite side walls of the container at its opposite ends, and hooked to interlock with said side wall shoulders, said shoulders having sides sloping upwardly toward the top of the container for receiving said hooked ends directly from the top of the container and spreading said hooked ends over said shoulders and into interlocking engagement therewith from the top of the container, and an upwardly spread bight forming a handle loop between said connecting portions and contracting the hooked ends upon the sides of the container with a downward force on said bight. y

2. In combination, a battery container having side and end walls with. shoulder means on the side walls, a handle having hooked ends interlocking with said side wall shoulders, saidl handle having an intermediate spring section permitting the spreading of the hooked ends over the side wall shoulders, and said handle having connection portions between said hooked ends and said intermediate spring portion, said handle extending completely across the top of the container with said connecting portions seated directly upon the upper edge wall of the container.

3. In combination, a battery container having side' and end walls with projections on its side walls, the tops of the projections being tapered and a handle having hooked ends interlocking with said projections, said handle having an intermediate spring section permitting the spreading of the hooked ends over the projections, the tapered tops of the pro- 

